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Radio Shack Shaves $50 Off iPhone Prices (More If You Trade in an Old One)

Radio Shack is slashing off the price of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS now through December 11. The iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (16GB) and iPhone 4 (32GB) will drop to .99, 9.99 and 9.99 respectively. If you’ve been waiting … Continue reading

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Google Loses Street View Trespass Case, Pays (Very) Small Settlement

Google Street View may not cause mental anguish, but it could be considered trespassing. At least, that’s the lesson to learn from the experience of Pittsburgh couple Aaron and Christine Boring, who have successfully sued Google for trespassing after they … Continue reading

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Cyber Monday Spending Breaks $1 Billion

For those of you who made an online purchase on Cyber Monday, congratulations you helped set the record for the biggest shopping day in online history. About .3 billion dollars was spent the Monday after Thanksgiving alone, up 16 percent … Continue reading

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The Loadout for November 29, 2010: New Games to Attack Your Week With

Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to … Continue reading

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XWave iPhone Headset Promises to Read Your Mind

The 0 XWave headset plugs into the headphone jack of any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and claims to measure your Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma and Theta brainwaves. I have no way of proving or disproving these claims, though I … Continue reading

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Emanata: Bad Alchemy

How can you tell that a graphic novel is going to be terrible? One very clear sign: if the name of the person who drew it does not appear on its front cover. In the case of the new comics … Continue reading

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Mark Wahlberg To Take on “Uncharted” Territory

It’s official: Mark Wahlberg will be staring as hero Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie, based off the popular video game. The actor confirmed the news to MTV. Yeah, we had the same questions. One, there’s going to be an … Continue reading

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The Loadout: New Games to Attack Your Week With

Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to … Continue reading

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Behind The Magic: Deathly Hallows FX Supervisor Explains Your Favorite Scenes

There’s definitely something magical about the world of Harry Potter brought to life on film, and surprisingly, it has nothing to do with wizardry. The man behind the magic is actually Tim Burke, visual effects supervisor for Harry Potter & … Continue reading

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App of the Week: Find My iPhone

Apple’s big software update from yesterday brought along with it improved remote location features for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users. The free Find My iPhone app locates any of your connected Apple products running the latest iOS 4.2 software … Continue reading

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